Technology & Magic
The dichotomy is a lie. Advanced civilizations wield both—often without knowing which.
What will you master?
The boundary between technology and magic dissolves at sufficient sophistication. The Aetherians channel Primordial Essence through devices they believe operate on purely scientific principles. The Elders maintain installations predating contemporary physics. Even Lumen energy manipulation may tap into something deeper than they acknowledge.
Beneath all conventional physics flows the Primordial Essence—the quasi-sentient substrate seeded by the Nine Creators at 1,250,000 BC. It responds to consciousness. It remembers intention. And it carries a price.
Select a Paradigm
From the Creators' gift to the Schism that divided civilizations
1 of 8 paradigms accessiblePrimordial Essence
The quasi-sentient substrate beneath all physics. It responds to consciousness, will, and moral intention.
The Creators withdrew. Their power didn't. The cosmos remembers betrayal.
Dark Matter Technology
Hyperdense plasma manipulation for energy, propulsion, and reality-bending. The DMA's foundation.
85% of the universe was invisible. The Lumens learned to weaponize it.
Biotic Technology
Living vessels. Photosynthetic energy trees. Technology that grows, heals, and returns to the soil.
Why build machines when you can cultivate them?
The Great Schism
When dark matter touched biotic systems, 1.2 million died. The paradigms cannot merge.
Buffer zones spanning 50 light-years. The DMA and BHP still don't share borders.
Elder Technologies
Temporal manipulation. Perfect replicators. Structures existing outside spacetime.
47 Archive Vaults. They still won't share everything.
Ascension Pathways
Zenith: biological immortality. Watcher: cosmic observation. AIT: machine fusion.
The Trio achieved all three. They still couldn't come back.
Consciousness & Life
The SGD creates minds in 47 seconds. Chrono-Biogenesis made humanity into Lumens.
Billions exist because someone pressed a button. Who deserves to think?
Dimensional Technology
Stable pocket universes. Industrial complexes in higher planes. Quantum corridors.
The Elders had this for a million years. The Lumens only got it when they needed ark ships.